【祝❣️ アメリカ大統領選】カマラ・ハリス副大統領にも期待❣️ 女性でアジア・アフリカ系アメリカ人

国連SDGs

アメリカ大統領選を、ドキドキして見ていました❣️

My country first !

USA first !

ではなく、

 

グローバルに、地球規模で、協力し合える大統領の誕生を願っていました❣️

 

ペンシルベニア州、ジョージア州には、祈りを送ってました(笑)

 

もし、大統領が変わらなければ、もうアメリカを信じられない、

日本は、アメリカ追随なので、

 

火星に移住する準備をしなくちゃ(笑)

と覚悟を決めていました❣️

 

 

しかし、共和党の中にも、トランプ反対の動きもあり、

コロナ禍での、郵便投票でも、次第に、民主党へ票が動いていき、

本当に、安心しました????

 

バイデン氏、当選確実!

 

副大統領の、カマラ・ハリスさんも、とても期待しています。

 

カマラさんのご両親は、

お母さんが、1960年にアメリカに移民した、チェンナイ出身のタミル系インド人で、著名な乳がんの研究者です。

お父さんは、ジャマイカ人移民で、スタンフォード大学の経済学教授、

という恵まれた教育環境で、知性を磨いてきました????

 

アメリカ初の、アジア、アフリカ系の副大統領ということで、

これまでの白人至上主義から、多様性の未来が見えてきました????

 

子どもたちに向けたスピーチも、

“This is a country of possibilities.”

「ここは、可能性の国です」と、

明るく、ゆっくり、はっきりした英語で語りかけ、

好感が持てます。

 

 

Kamala Harris スピーチ全文(英文)です。

Good evening! Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you, thank you. Good evening. So, thank you, good evening. So, Congressman John Lewis — Congressman John Lewis before his passing wrote “Democracy is not a state, it is an act.” And what he meant was that America’s democracy is not guaranteed.

It is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. To guard it and never take it for granted. And protecting our democracy takes struggle. It takes sacrifice. But there is joy in it.

And there is progress. Because we, the people, have the power to build a better future.

And when our very democracy was on the ballot in this election with the very soul of America at stake and the world watching, you ushered in a new day for America. To our campaign staff and volunteers, this extraordinary team, thank you for bringing more people than ever before into the democratic process.

And so making this victory possible. To the poll workers and election officials across our country who have worked tirelessly to make sure every vote is counted, our nation owes you a debt of gratitude.

You have protected the integrity of our democracy. And to the American people who make up our beautiful country, thank you for turning out in record numbers to make your voices heard. And I know times have been challenging, especially the last several months.

The grief, sorrow, and pain, the worries and the struggles, but we have also witnessed your courage, your resilience and the generosity of your spirit. For four years, you marched and organized for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet and then you voted!

And you delivered a clear message. You chose hope and unity, decency, science, and yes, truth! You chose Joe Biden as the next president of the United States of America!

And Joe is a healer, a uniter, a tested and steady hand. A person whose own experience of loss gives him a sense of purpose that will help us as a nation reclaim our own sense of purpose. And a man with a big heart who loves with abandon. It’s his love for Jill, who will be an incredible first lady.

It’s his love for Hunter and Ashley and his grandchildren and the entire Biden family. And while I first knew Joe as vice president, I really got to know him as the father who loved Beau, my dear friend who we remember here today.

And to my husband Doug and our children Cole and Ella and my sister Maya and our whole family.

I love y’all more than I can ever express. We are so grateful to Joe and Jill for welcoming our family into theirs on this incredible journey. And to the woman most responsible for my presence here today, my mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who is always in our hearts. When she came here from India at the age of 19, she maybe didn’t quite imagine this moment.

But she believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible, and so I am thinking about her and about the generations of women, Black women, Asian, white, Latina, native American women, who throughout our nation’s history, have paved the way for this moment tonight.

Women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality and liberty and justice for all. Including the Black women who are often, too often overlooked but so often proved they are the backbone of our democracy.

All the women who have worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century. One hundred years ago with the 19th Amendment. Fifty-five years ago with the Voting Rights Act and now in 2020 with a new generation of women in our country who cast their ballots and continued the fight for their fundamental right to vote and be heard.

Tonight I reflect on their struggle, their determination and the strength of their vision to see what can be unburdened by what has been. And I stand on their shoulders. And what a testament it is to Joe’s character that he had the audacity to break one of the most substantial barriers that exists in our country and select a woman as his vice president.

But while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities and to the children of our country regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they’ve never seen it before.

But know that we will applaud you every step of the way. And to the American people, no matter who you voted for, I will strive to be a vice president like Joe was to President Obama, loyal, honest, and prepared, waking up every day thinking of you and your family, because now is when the real work begins, the hard work, the necessary work, the good work, the essential work to save lives and beat this epidemic.

To rebuild our economy so it works for working people, to root out systemic racism in our justice system and society. To combat the climate crisis, to unite our country and heal the soul of our nation. And the road ahead will not be easy. But America is ready. And so are Joe and I.

We have elected a president who represents the best in us, a leader the world will respect and our children will look up to. A commander in chief who will respect our troops and keep our country safe and a president for all Americans.

And it is now my great honor to introduce the president-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden!

 

 

 

以下は、BBC  News より

Harris: ‘You chose hope and unity’

Mr Biden was introduced by his running mate, Kamala Harris, who is about to become the first female vice-president in the country’s history.

She will also be the first black and first Asian-American vice-president when she takes office, following a year that has seen nationwide protests on the issue of racial injustice.

Ms Harris paid tribute to her late mother, an Indian immigrant to the US, and the other generations of black, Asian, white, Latina, and native women who “paved the way for this moment tonight”.

“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” she added.

Reflecting on the election campaign, she told supporters: “When our very democracy was on the ballot in this election, the very soul of America at stake and with the whole world watching, you ushered in a new day for America.”

She added: “You chose hope and unity, decency, science and yes, truth – you chose Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. And the road ahead will not be easy but America is ready, and so are Joe and I.”

 

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